polyphasic sleep

Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Ok, Day 3 people. It was an eventful day, to say the least. Most of my nap times deviated from the set-plan I'd made, but I still slept roughly the 2hrs 40mins I'd previously decided on. I worked 12 hours straight, from 8pm the day before all the way through to 8am this morning. I was absolutely, horrifically zombied for most of it, particularly the early-morning. I was able to take 2 x 20 minute naps roughly 4 hours apart, but they didn't help at all. I kept almost passing out while...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) After yesterday's hell on Earth, today has been markedly improved. And I've been sleeping less than I ever have in the past - between 2hr20min and 2hr40min a day (7 or 8 naps a day). The normally-hellish early morning hours have been an absolute breeze for me and I've worked 4.5 hours without even thinking about a break. This is the life! Though I'll be quick to point out I'm still struggling to wake up as quickly and efficiently as I was 2 weeks ago before stuffing everything...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Today's been an "interesting" day. And by interesting, I mean "hell on Earth". Clearly if you're going to have a crack at polyphasic sleep and only sleep approx 3 hours a day, you've got to stick to it and not go back to 8hrs a night. I've had all the symptoms of sleep deprivation I was suffering during the first few days of starting this experiment and today's been the worst I've felt in quite a few weeks. It's taken so much effort and willpower to get out of bed each after...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Yesterday I mentioned I was going to try and bit more rigid with my naps, at least until my polyphasic sleep is back on track (I've been oversleeping a lot ever since I went on a ski trip). It's nearly killed me. Yup, I'm back to the zombie feelings and lethargy that plagued me during my initial few days of adjustment (though I will concede, a tiny bit less intense. But still pretty bad.) Looks like you really can't go back to monophasic sleep (sleeping 8hrs consecutively)...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) I'm pretty much over the cold I've had for the last few days, with nothing more than a slightly-blocked nose now. I'm pretty impressed with that; 4 days is a fairly decent turnaround for a cold, especially when the really bad symptoms only lasted about 2 days of that. However, I must admit I've had to rely on a lot more naps than I was having before. I didn't really keep track but if I had to guess I'd say I probably had about 12+ naps a day. That works out to a minimum 4 hours...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) This is going to be quite a short post, as I'm feeling as sick as a dog. I've come down with an annoyingly-bad cold and I barely have the energy to type this. Yesterday (Day 22) was a pretty good day, though I had a friend I hadn't seen in ages visit and we spent the day together eating atrociously-bad food. So much for my promise to go back to the raw food! I was fine through the day but definitely felt the effects that night; I struggled to stay awake through my 8-hours...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Hi boys and girls! This post will be relatively short as I'm trying to make a dent in my massive to-do list. You may be wondering how I'm feeling after pushing myself very hard yesterday with this polyphasic sleep thingy. At the end of yesterday I was more than a little concerned that I might be ruined after 12 hours without a nap, and whilst I didn't crash and burn, I certainly did sleep a lot. I basically slept for 20 minutes, stayed up for 20, slept for 20, stayed up for 20, etc....


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Early Morning (1am onwards): I know I sounded like a bit of a hotshot on Day 2 of this thing, but yesterday and today I've been taking a real beating. Especially today. I'm definitely eating my words. From about midnight until 7am today I've felt like death - no energy, my brain has been non-existent and my eyes won't stay open. I've felt nauseous and it's been a struggle to eat (so I haven't). I had to throw in a few extra naps between 1am and 5am, just to be able to make it through....


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Early Morning (1am onwards): Crazy to think I've been at this thing for a full 3 days now (technically 3 and a half if you count the day before Day 1 - I didn't sleep much that night). It's 1am right now and I just woke up from my nap. Something strange happened - I woke up 2 minutes before my alarm was supposed to go off, completely on my own accord! However I'll be quick to point out I didn't feel hugely refreshed. I also had a dream that I can remember fairly vividly -  a sign...


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Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing) Quick sidenotes: I should mention I'm counting each day as roughly 1am to the next 1am, so a new day starts after my 12.30am nap ends. I'll also mention that there are lots of different types of polyphasic sleep routines; the one I'm doing (6 x 20min naps) is called the Uberman Schedule. Early Morning (1am onwards): Well, the first half of today was a struggle-and-a-half. At around 6am and my eyes kept wanting to close and my brain felt like mush. I can remember thinking, "Am I alive?"...


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